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BHUBANESWAR: Two-time defending champions Australia are well on course to create a rare history as they defeated France 3-0 to progress to the semi-finals of the men’s hockey World Cup on Wednesday. W...

PERTH: In a once-dominant team humbled by a cheating scandal and still racked with doubts about its identity, spinner Nathan Lyon has been a reassuring throwback to an age of hard-bitten Australian cr...

BHUBANESWAR: England reached the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup in India with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Argentina at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. Gonzalo Peillat gave Argentina the lead...

MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have finalised a list of 346 players who will be part of the pool for the auction on December 18 in Jaipur. Originally 1003 players had submitted the...

ISLAMABAD: Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah was elected as the new president of Pakistan Football Federation, outvoting Anwar ul Haq Qureshi by a clear margin of 17 to 3 votes, in Pakistan Football Federation...

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team departed for South Africa in wee hours of Wednesday. Leg-spinner Yasir Shah will join the team on December 20 due to personal reasons. Sarfraz Ahmad will lead the side, w...

NEW DELHI: The acrimonious exit of India’s cricket coach last year was given a fresh twist on Wednesday as a leaked email suggested captain Virat Kohli had “frequently” worked behind the scenes agains...

KARACHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to sue Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for damages related to the compensation case - regarding Indo-Pak series. According to a repor...

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan women captain Sana Mir’s leg-break delivery during the recently concluded Women’s World T20 has been voted as the ‘Play of the Tournament’ by the International Cricket Counc...

BARCELONA: Tottenham Hotspur produced a bold and spirited performance, coming from behind to grab a 1-1 draw at Barcelona which saw them finish second in Champions League Group B and reach the last 16...

LONDON: When Team Sky launched in London in 2010 with the ambition of having a British winner of the Tour de France within five years, there was more than a modicum of scepticism at the undoubtedly fl...

SALINAS: Carmen Lopez can only imagine what the sea looks like, but the blind 21-year-old Spaniard is in her element riding the surf. Guided by instinct and signals whistled by her coach, Lopez has be...

TORONTO: Christine Sinclair, who is closing in on women soccer’s international goal scoring record, was named Canada’s women’s player of the year for a 14th time on Tuesday. Sinclair struck the winner...

LONDON: Global soccer body FIFA has provisionally banned the president of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF) Keramuddin Keram from all football-related activities due to an ongoing probe into allega...

LIVERPOOL: Mohamed Salah’s delightful first-half strike gave Liverpool a 1-0 win over Napoli that sent them into the Champions League’s last 16 and the Italian side crashing out at a tension-filled An...

STOCKHOLM: Norwegian former World and Olympic cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug has decided to quit the sport after struggling to recover from a series of injuries and setbacks that saw him...

SYDNEY: All-rounder Glenn Maxwell has said he will turn his back on the lucrative Indian Premier League next year and play a full season of English county cricket in a bid to regain his spot in the Au...

LONDON: Manchester City has agreed a deal that will see United States international goalkeeper Zack Steffen join them from MLS side Columbus Crew next July, the Premier League champions said. The exac...

JAKARTA: Justin Rose will have a chance to finish a stellar year on a high when the world number two tees off on Thursday in the defence of his Indonesian Masters title. The 38-year-old will be the hi...

LONDON: West Ham United has extended captain Mark Noble’s contract until 2021, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. Since making his first-team debut in 2004, Noble has made 446 appearances for...